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Anxious, as you, with all his oiain and might "T'uphold the Empire and maintain the right." • • • There's many a fatijiljf f face, I ween, We look in vain for on thi^ busy scene-r- We miss tod many who have passed away, ■J ■' r-.~. ^'lilAiai&: '"«*, .►y; ]Frcm MySenal t Obedient All full s«;— ,„ „,, With Fha Their cou \ What nob Ye dougbl With patr To break j -j ^ Fullwllhn ■H^K Happy, ye ^^^^■p With I^HIk: . —Hark fro With « horr We see Job . ' Watchin^r t We hear of With sore d Of men's he \ As thoirjrli t Then comin * And viewii What do vre }>ut fivjj SCO Yeal.thust A si.^bt ind ^ Contrast yo Poor cousin Behold then With rival We see thei And so proi • One countn p"' ■ Then look M w Baholdjourl 1 While eithei A nylons, us 1 CAM ^ "T'nphoidt PR ' There's man 3991 We look in , We miss tod .S74 k '*''"' ** • ' ^' )^ ' ' ■ i y4^j^^.. 1 S- ^•^"' I .^^a&i^ J m^ 'npv v'zrf^r :j(e->v^/ '^yrw THE SPEE01., - AS IT SHOULD BE, "^ f ROM A j3lVIL ^JERV/NT'? f OINT OF ^lEW. FOUBTH SESSION.— THIRD PABLIAMENT. all! yi- My Senators and Cotiinions, welco| Obedient yon have Come at dut^-'g^ All full of 6gbt, but aniraatcd yet With vhat Canadian Statfesmen lie er forget— Their country's welfare -rfcanatta'rbest weal, What nobler theme to anwfite your zeal I . • • ,*;.>/ • Ye doughty Legislators— bifitoming o'er With patriot warmtli, and eager as of yore To break a lauce wit|i all who say you "u&y" Full willing, anxious, burning for tho fray — Happy, ye are I ye children of the West, With peace, health, wealth und fair contenta^nt blest! . —Hark from the East there comes a doleful sound^* With " horror breathing from the silent groandi' Wo see John Bull, his linger on the trigger, Watching the Czar— that everlasting nigger! We hear of earthquakes, faiaincs, desola'tiong, With sore distress and trouble 'mongst the natibas,. Of men's hearts falling them for very fear, As though the end of everything were near. Then coming back across the salt sea foam, *' And viewing%en and matters nearer home, What do wfi aee^'? A nation, sprung to life ;>ut fiv|i score yeirSago, now plunged in Strife, Yes I.thus theit centenary are they keeping—* A siljbt indeed to set the Angels weeping! Contrast your lot with'theirs— your neighbours -the Poor cousins— victims tOffrtfestin^ foes, •' Behold them, dri /en well-nigh to distraction, With rival Presidents— pooi* slaves of faction ! We see them, with policemen at the gate, And so promoting "freedom of debate I" One country writhing 'ncath two rival powers : Then look upon " this Canada op oi7Rj> ! ' BoJiold your Viceroy, both his hands extend. While either party claims him as a friend, Anxious, as you, with all his main and might ''T'uphold the Empire and maintain the right." • • • I There's many a fail|i%r face, I ween, We look in vain for ofi'this busy scene— We miss tod many who have passed away. loss Men who had served their country in tlicir day, — Their mimes are now onumved on honour's scroll ; Thry acted well then purts with heart and soul : And now, rake up their ashes 1— God forhid it I They knew their duty, and full well they did it ; Peace to the dead, then! 'Tis to you to-dny Your Governor has some few words to say : • • • I vi?ited, a few short months ngo Our fair Pucijic (?) Province, as yon know, — Aud, though perhaps, by some misunderstood, ] ihink my mis.^ion did a little good — For, though they cried " Carnarvon termn, or bunt," Thty've all come to their senses, now, I trust — Uut if they haven't, all I have to say Is (most reluctantly)— the more fools they 1 Some honourable lieges on my left, .\k*u wisH in Council, shrewd, longheaded, deft In all the arts of statesmanship, have raised A cry for more " Protection." I'm amazed ! Think they that Eugiand's power has sunk so l:>w, That Canada need fear a foreign foe ? AVe suif ly need no more " Protection," while Protected i>y a certain little Isle 1 • • * Oir trade and industries, I grieve to hear. Have not bi-i-n a:? they ought, this bygone year ; We hear of business failures far and wide, And tales of sore distress on every side. " 'Tis true, 'tis pity, and pity 'tis 'tis true,' Aud some there are who say — believe it too — Thfvt while the liougeH reign, things must look blue ! They may be right— 'tis not for me to say — Your duty is to drive the clouds away, With patient diligence to find the cause, And then, by ni>e and well-considered laws, Hring back, iis in the happy days o.' yore Peace and prosperity to every door, — Which done may 'Hard Times come again no more ! " • * « • Talking of hard time^, though, I cannot pass In silence that maligned, long-sulferiug class, The Civil Service, by : for many years They've poured their sorrows into '' dead men's ears," Year in and out — (but ah ! without avail !) A sound arises. '" very like a wail !" For Sessions jiast, tlieir fond ajtpeals you've heard, And now, heart-sick, at last, with hope deferred, They wait in sadness with uplifted eye : Then, oh, ye Legislators ! hear their cry, — The Lord forbid thai I should ever say You serve your country merely for the pay ! Hiiiiisli the tlioiijjlit ! but p'rhaps you mny recall A certiiin session when you, one and all, Conohule'l that the simple cost of living Had so increased, that what you then were giving — Or rather what yon got, would never do Fornicn, e'en though abstemious as you — ilow sixty, forty, twenty-eight per cent, Were added with unanimous fonsent To yours— to ministers and their uicen' pay — I5ut the poor rank and file ! ah where were they ? Alas, that they who made no vain pretence To be above such sordid things as i)ence, Who work so faitldully " from 9 to 4," To keep the wolf, starvation, from the door,— They wiio most wanted lieip, if trutii be told, Siiould be left oui to shivci- in the cold ! Then list to what your Governor has to say. " You must see Justice done — and rit/ht away ! " • * * They've had another gatiiering of the clang Among our warlike friends, the Fenians: It seems tiiey smelt the blood of Englishmen, And started on the warpath once again. We iieard tiieii dreadful, muttered " Fee Faw Fum!" And wiiitfd for them— but they did'nt come, So hemp went down again — the price had risen, For comfortable quarters in a prison. With Shelter, Clothing, Fuel, Lightand Board In these hard times we eould'nt well afford — Next time they come, they vow they mean to stay, And so they will ; their souls may fly away, Tiieir bodies though we'll keep, they m ly be sure, — They'll serve as first class Fenian manure. One word of counsel, now, e'er I conclude, With your kind leave — " I hope I don't intrude," Let's trust we'll hear of no unseemly brawls Profaning these august and hallowed halls : Keep calm and cool — observing law and order — Exemiilars prove to those across the b >rder, — They want some good example, Heaven knows I A nation pitied by its very foes : Be courteous one to another, then. For though M. P's. you still are gentlemen ! Soft answers, as you know, oft turn away E'en bitter wrath— this maxim, then, obey — Wiiile ForlUer in re, your passions que.U, Be suoviter in modo, t^o — Farewell, — Now get to work, and may the best men win — So prays. Yours most sincerely, ',' "A"'*!** -WfiF'"' "X';?i 6i 5-9 7 -^^ /?/a/ ^*t;tvi II ,».'il'>